[wpkg-users] More elegant solution to onscreen login to run Autoit install scripts

[Will Sheldon]

On 08/08/07, Will Sheldon <sheldon.will at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have been using unattended for a while, and just found wpkg. I think
> it's going to make my life much easier!
>
> After reading http://wpkg.linuxkidd.com/ (the gui mailing list
> subscription is down?) and seeing his (or in about 2% of cases her - i
> couldn't find his/her name anywhere) info on installing using autoit
> scripts and a limited install account (that ties up the machine during
> install) I realised that a more elegant solution is possible:
>
> Configue XP to support multiple terminal services sessions (the
> current XP kernel is multiuser) According to Riccardo Raneri
> (http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/04/24/windows-xp-multiuser-remote-desktop/)
> the current kernel only allows 3 concurrent sessions, but we would
> only need a maximum of two.
>
> To do this you have to downgrade termsrv.dll to version 5.1.2600.2055
> (xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745) - download available from
> http://www.orbitfiles.com/download/id20947665).
>
> Windows sfp would have to be overcome, but that can be achieved by
> putting the dll in the $OEM$\$1\System32\Dllcache\ folder on your
> install share.
>
> then a custom adm/reg file for domains/workgroups respectively to
> tweak  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
> Server\Licensing Core\EnableConcurrentSessions (DWORD) to a value of 1
> and you're nearly laughing.
>
> It would then be possible to script an RDP session to be called from a
> server when the machine starts, so the machine boots, calls a script
> from the server with it's own machinename as a parameter which in turn
> calls an RDP session to the machine with the install account, which
> does what it currently already does, (with the exception of
> suppressing any reboot requests!) then logs out.
>
> This would allow a full interactive autoit lead install to be run in
> the 'background' (relative to the console user)
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> Will.
>

Actually, it seems that that patch only works if you are not a member
of a domain, and have fast user switching enabled.

However, there are reports that TerminalserverNoRestrPatch-1-1.zip
will do it for domain users. The version i found contained a trojan,
so i've given up on that route.

I guess that the version from 2003 may do the trick, but i haven't
tried it yet as it's probably against the terms of the eula ;-( Damn
those M$ lawyers.

W


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